Comments on: Nottingham – World Design Capital 2012? http://digitalconsultant.co.uk/nottingham-world-design-capital-2012/ strategies for the digital economy Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ultraband - high speed broadband for Nottingham city? « Digital Consultant: Creative + Digital Dialogues http://digitalconsultant.co.uk/nottingham-world-design-capital-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Ultraband - high speed broadband for Nottingham city? « Digital Consultant: Creative + Digital Dialogues Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:28:25 +0000 http://digitalconsultant.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-41 [...] December 19, 2008 This week I went to hear a presentation in Nottingham by a project a little closer to actuality that the recent 2012 Design Capital bid I recently blogged about. [...] [...] December 19, 2008 This week I went to hear a presentation in Nottingham by a project a little closer to actuality that the recent 2012 Design Capital bid I recently blogged about. [...]

]]> By: digitalconsultant http://digitalconsultant.co.uk/nottingham-world-design-capital-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-40 digitalconsultant Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:56:07 +0000 http://digitalconsultant.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-40 I agree that there is more rhetoric than action currently. Investment is complex - sometimes it's more about a critical mass of like-minded types which aggregate not because of financial incentives but a whole host of conditions like spiralling from a large company (like the games cluster in Leamington Spa from originally Codemasters) or the right kind of culture and mindset. Sometimes the right connectors and successes - in business and the public sector - usually a good combination of both - are enough to put a place on the map for a particular specialism. London succeeds because it is London, Manchester has become an attractive inward investment of late, but not without a whole tranche of investment in it infrastructure and networks in the last 20 years. Bristol has attracted solid investment, in spite of rather than because of anything done by the council. Nottingham is at too low a point, when compared with other European cities, to succeed as a creative centre without serious investment following and nurturing the talent and goodwill. I agree that there is more rhetoric than action currently. Investment is complex – sometimes it’s more about a critical mass of like-minded types which aggregate not because of financial incentives but a whole host of conditions like spiralling from a large company (like the games cluster in Leamington Spa from originally Codemasters) or the right kind of culture and mindset.

Sometimes the right connectors and successes – in business and the public sector – usually a good combination of both – are enough to put a place on the map for a particular specialism.

London succeeds because it is London, Manchester has become an attractive inward investment of late, but not without a whole tranche of investment in it infrastructure and networks in the last 20 years. Bristol has attracted solid investment, in spite of rather than because of anything done
by the council.

Nottingham is at too low a point, when compared with other European cities, to succeed as a creative centre without serious investment following and nurturing the talent and goodwill.

]]> By: wearemudlark http://digitalconsultant.co.uk/nottingham-world-design-capital-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-39 wearemudlark Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:58:05 +0000 http://digitalconsultant.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-39 There are some really relevant points in this article, which have been an issue for Nottingham over and over again as it bids for science city / digital city etc... Without ONGOING investment in the creative and scientific community through a robust strategy, the industry will leave, disperse, find success elsewhere or simply continue to struggle on without advocacy or recognition. My experience of Nottingham City Council's attempts to make these bids is that they are about the council's profile raising and not investment in the industries that they are promoting, my company is often used as a case study and although it is good promotion for us, without the investment, support and strategy to support this we will remain restricted in our ability to grow economically and therefore have greater social and cultural impact. We need a long term strategy, investment and advocacy. There are some really relevant points in this article, which have been an issue for Nottingham over and over again as it bids for science city / digital city etc… Without ONGOING investment in the creative and scientific community through a robust strategy, the industry will leave, disperse, find success elsewhere or simply continue to struggle on without advocacy or recognition. My experience of Nottingham City Council’s attempts to make these bids is that they are about the council’s profile raising and not investment in the industries that they are promoting, my company is often used as a case study and although it is good promotion for us, without the investment, support and strategy to support this we will remain restricted in our ability to grow economically and therefore have greater social and cultural impact. We need a long term strategy, investment and advocacy.

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